Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

Raising taxes does nothing to allow the economy to recover.

Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster.

While the deficit and debt are serious problems, I oppose solving these problems by raising taxes.